You will win with either color if you are the better player, but it takes longer with Black.

In Fischer's hands, a slight theoretical advantage is as good a being a Queen ahead

You have to go through the fires to be tested by faith.

You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.

Longing, the hope for fulfillment, is the one unwavering passion of the world's commerce.

Jack Kerouac, like a sick refrigerator, worked too hard at keeping cool and died on his mama's lap from alcohol and infantilism.

Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.

If you're a so-called minority writer, the temptation is to write for the majority... I refuse to do that.

Alternative media is no longer really alternative, and we're no longer that dependant upon newspapers, like the Los Angeles Times, for our information.

A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.

Everything good in there, T? Niko quipped. You need backup or anything? Bag of marshmallows to roast over that little campfire you just started?

There was a period of time in Los Angeles when I wondered if I was just going to lose everything.